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the new one makes it easier for that part of the transformation... just slot in the metal swingbar part and close the cover and vise versa. whereas w/ the old one, you need to kinda force it in or out and in the process scrape the paint off of the swingbar some. doesn't really affect the toy/transformation, just a minor annoyance to some. EDIT - oh, there you go... more pics up top!

it's around 1.5k SAL and 2.3k EMS for Asia (JPY)... proly a bit more if shipped to the US... you can email them for shipping quote...

dang! i had a hunch that Yamato would try to move some of their old stocks... so is the head new or did they just paint it to distract buyers???

nice! i love the M&M 1Js on display! although that's a scary way to display Gamlin's 22S... nose might get clipped and then...

based on the pics from hobby search, tampo printing looks the same as the first release VF-1J... and it looks like they still missed putting that triangle danger thingy on the sides right below the cockpit... unfortunately, they don't have any pics of the underside, as i am also eager to know if it does have the new crotch... btw, it definitely is disappointing that it has the same styled fixed posed hands for use w/ the armor parts... they should have changed it up.

http://www.amiami.com/shop/?set=english&am.../e_display.html

nice!... what's it made of?

still can't get over those feet and the head design... ...plus, i'd like to have an SDF-1 first before any other Macross capital ship/carrier... looks like a lot of fun though... and nice looking hands.

the depth of the detolf shelf is pretty good for displaying 1/60 v.2 Vf-1s... you can use some stands or some kind of elevated acrylic platform to display the VF-1s in battroid at the back while still being able to display other VF-1s in fighter mode on the front part or vise versa. as for the bigger valks (1/48, 1/60 VF-0 and Mac+ VFs), you'd have to angle them a bit to make them fit... and the max you could fit in one level in fighter mode would probably be just 2 VFs...

VF-11B

nope... best bet is to get the VF-1J w/ GBP-1S armor set that's due out end of the month/year.

i think he means, it's been more than a year and Yamato still hasn't sent anybody to his house to fix the busted shoulder on his v.2 Roy...

LOL ... i was kinda thinking the same thing, just zipped my lips... though, i'm surprised... i was expecting more...

nice group pic... when i first got mine i liked it w/ the FPs on, but now i prefer it in fighter mode w/out them...

nice... love the MG shot.

you could try the ff: adjust that tight joint in the middle where the two pieces of the swing bar are joined before putting it in the crotch slot... and don't push the removable cockpit/torso part all the way up. my guide is the gray neck piece should be perfectly horizontal and not tilted back.

@ff95 does it look like it might get floppy w/ repeated transformations just like the DX VF-25s?... the hips in particular... it definitely looks like something fun to play with... and... as tight as a v. v. ...lol

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nice... still prefer it in fighter mode... i like the pilot sculpt, very relaxed pose... although, in battroid, Yamato's Milia VF-22S can get away w/ those skinny legs and little feet... since it is a girlie valk . does it really have that pinkish red color or is it just the lighting?

yay! another vote for the VF-1D! ... i would have personally given the VF-11B a perfect score and the top spot if only it had double-jointed elbows. <----- (spoiled w/ the 1/60 v.2 VF-1's 2xjointed elbows)

i believe they did for the VF-0S w/ the Dec. '08 re-issue (fixed arms)... but yeah they didn't change the packaging if that's what you meant. ... and yeah, i absolutely love my SV-51 Nora.

Granted some are still waiting for their last minute Macross toy hauls to arrive... for those like me who are done for the year, let's share our favorite valk purchase/s of '09... 1/60 v.2 VF-1D - just because of its nostalgic effect on me... whenever i look at it, it just brings me back to when i first saw SDFM on TV as a kid. i hope Yamato comes out w/ a "detailed-up" VF-1D w/ those t-rex add-ons so i'd have an excuse to get another one. other notables: - from DYRL? - 1/60 v.2 VE-1 - in toy form, i actually like the VE-1 that little bit more than the VT-1. - VF-11B - i just love the ease of its transformation and of course the heatshield (being able to display it in f-mode w/ the heatshield deployed). ... too bad the 1/60 v.2 GBP armor didn't make it...

@MM - enough talk!... show us some test shots already!

+ 1 on those t-rex add-ons... and decals instead of stickers... guess i'll be holding off on buying any VF-1s until i see how this 'detail-up' thing pans out...